September 25th is nearing, and I am still eleven items short for my LIVE OUT LOUD (LOL) list.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to share!
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| Read The Art of War as well as The War of Art, both wonderful books. | |
| Adopt the Cult of Done model. http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2009/3/3/the-cult-of-done-manifesto.html | Begun! |
| Plant a hydrangea bush in your back yard. You’ll be glad you did. | |
| Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westcott House | |
| Admit to that one special person you had a crush on them | LOL Yeh. Right! |
| Do something lavish for a friend’s birthday. | |
| I would like for you to spend a day with the love of your life/the-one-that-got-away. You don’t have to tell us you are doing it or blog about the experience, unless it turns out to be such a positive one you can’t *not* share it. | |
| Take a trip by train/Amtrak | |
| Go zip-lining | |
| Maybe letting a friend set you up on a blind date or commit to going on one date with someone you meet online, or ask out someone that you routinely and have always thought you would like to get to know them better. | This is where you choose your friends carefully. |
| Take a gardening class | |
| Go bird watching | |
| Go kayaking | |
| Climb an indoor rock wall at the rec center | |
| Fly in a small, non-commercial plane | This will be accomplished September 20th – kicking off the LOL list! |
| Take a ride on the Wright B Flyer | |
| Donate something each month to SICSA (bag of food or kitty litter) | |
| Centerville parks has a one day archery class | |
| Fire a black powder rifle | |
| Ride in a go-kart | |
| Visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater http://www.fallingwater.org/8/preparing-for-your-visit-to-fallingwater | This 19yo dream will come true September 20th – kicking off the LOL list! |
| Letterboxing | |
| Get vanity plates for your new van. | Will do for 2014 |
| Swim with a dolphin at the Indianapolis Zoo | |
| Have a phosphorus shake or a Lebanon Sundae at the Lebanon Ice Cream Parlor | |
| Go on an open air Jeep Safari at The Wilds (Ohio) | |
| Tour the Dum Dum Factory in Bryan Ohio http://www.spanglercandy.com/about-us/tour-store-museum | |
| Go geochaching – you have an iPhone now, this would be fun! | |
| Ride a Segway | |
| Take horse back riding lessons | |
| Snow ski at Mad River Mountain | |
| Visit Red Hill and Poplar Forest in Virginia | I’ve always wanted to visit Thomas Jefferson’s private retreat, Poplar Forest. |
| Visit the Truman stuff in Independence | Wanted to go here since 1972; planning to do this Summer 2014 |
| Tandem sky dive | |
| Go to Sandusky and take a ferry to one of the islands for a day | |
| Take a hot air balloon ride | |
| Cooking or gourmet cooking class | |
| Visit Mount Rushmore | |
| Eat vegetarian two days a week. | Started this in June 2013 |
| Fly in a helicopter | I flew in a helicopter with my grandparents over one of Indiana’s lakes when I was a boy. |
| Take a ballroom dancing class | Took a class in college. |
| Walk a minimum of 2 miles per day | Started this in June 2013 |
| Have a party at a historic house | Each September 25th, I sit on the side porch of Orville Wright’s Hawthorn Hill and have a cupcake and juice with Flyer at my side. |
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